The smile of truth : the French satirical eulogy and its antecedents / Annette H. Tomarken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomarken, Annette H., 1938- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--16th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Satire, French--History and criticism.

Satire, French.

Eulogies--History and criticism.

Eulogies.

Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.

Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern).

French literature--Foreign influences.

Renaissance--France.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To teach the truth smilingly was, during the Renaissance, a frequently expressed goal among prose writers and poets such as Erasmus, Berni, Ronsard, Rabelais, and du Bellay, who adopted an ironic posture within their mock encomia in order to refer the reader beyond the realm of the literary structure. In this book Annette Tomarken reconstructs the history of the classical satirical eulogy as it was revived, expanded, and finally adapted to new purposes in Renaissance literature. Tracing the development of this type of paradox from its classic roots through the Neo-Latin, Italian, and French mock encomia, Tomarken examines its various forms in the Renaissance, including the Pliade "hymne-blason," the mock epitaph, and the stage "harangue." Her book provides a new context for such works as In Praise of Folly and for such literary passages as Rabelais's praise of debts and Falstaff's denunciation of honor. Dividing the eulogies into three groups--praises of vices, disease, and animals and insects--Tomarken brings humor as well as close textual analysis to her study. She finds that the practitioners of the form were aware of its history and that such self-awareness became an integral part of the works themselves. An increased sensitivity to the literary structure and history of the paradoxical encomium, Tomarken stresses, first requires and then enriches our understanding of the genre's relationship to the extra-literary domain.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

ONE. The Satirical Eulogy in Antiquity

TWO. Erasmus and the Moriae Encomium

THREE. Other Writers of Neo-Latin Satirical Eulogies

FOUR. The Satirical Eulogy in Italy

FIVE. The Vice Eulogy in France

SIX. The Disease Eulogy in France

SEVEN. The Animal Eulogy in France

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-340) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4008-6097-0

OCLC:

884012951